World Turtle
GIANT TURTLE SUPPORTING OR CONTAINING THE WORLD
World-Tortoise (Hindu); Ur-turtle; Great Turtle; Akupara; World-Tortoise; World turtle
The World Turtle, also called the Cosmic Turtle or the World-bearing Turtle, is a mytheme of a giant turtle (or tortoise) supporting or containing the world. It occurs in Hindu mythology, Chinese mythology, and the mythologies of the indigenous peoples of the Americas.